NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) vs. Its Peers Financial Survey

NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) is one of 259 public companies in the “Media” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare NIQ Global Intelligence to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Dividends

NIQ Global Intelligence pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. NIQ Global Intelligence pays out -27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Media” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.2% and pay out 128.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NIQ Global Intelligence and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIQ Global Intelligence	$4.39 billion	-$353.30 million	-14.64
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors	$2.95 billion	-$7.90 million	17.60

NIQ Global Intelligence has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. NIQ Global Intelligence is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

NIQ Global Intelligence has a beta of -0.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIQ Global Intelligence’s peers have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for NIQ Global Intelligence and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NIQ Global Intelligence	1	2	7	1	2.73
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors	2250	6873	10827	475	2.47

NIQ Global Intelligence presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.61%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 25.62%. Given NIQ Global Intelligence’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NIQ Global Intelligence has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares NIQ Global Intelligence and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NIQ Global Intelligence	-8.01%	14.84%	2.60%
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors	-20.20%	-48.09%	-5.13%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.8% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of NIQ Global Intelligence shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NIQ Global Intelligence beats its peers on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About NIQ Global Intelligence

Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It invests into public fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies that are operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in municipal securities that are exempt from federal income taxes, and seeks to maintain a portfolio with an intermediate effective duration of between 3 and 10 years, including the effects of leverage. The fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal securities rated investment grade i.e. Baa/BBB or at the time of investment. It employs fundamental analysis, with focus on bottom-up approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index and a composite index comprising 50% of S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index and 50% of the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index. Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund was founded on February 7,2012 and is domiciled in the United States.